Parasol lining and the method of



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L.-L. GANS. PARASOL LINING AND THE METHOD OF APPLYING THE SAME.

No. 250,068. Patented Nov. 29,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI L. GANS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PARASOL-LINING AND THE METHOD OF APPLYING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,063, dated November29, 1881.

Application filed October 5, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI L. GANS, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linings for Parasolsand Methods of Applying Same, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a liningforparasols whichmaybe easily, cheaply, and strongly applied, which economizes material,and which shall serve as a substitute for the lining commonly employed.

The invention consists in strips of fabric which are attached to theunder side of the parasol-cover by paste, sewing, or other suitablemeans at the places and in the manner hereinafter set forth.

Parasol-linings have hitherto been formed of fabric cut into gores andsewed together, as are the similar parts of the cover. Thislining isattached beneath and completely covers the under side of the parasol.When the cover of the parasol extends over the ends of the frameribs,and thus forms short curtains or flaps, the lining is similarlyarranged, and the double fabric then produces a richer and moreornamental effect, especially when the lining is of a different materialor different color from the cover. I find that this effect can beobtained by the use of a lining which does not extend entirely over theunder side of the cover, andl3 and O are strips of lining materialofequat width. The absolute width ofthcse strips with relation to thatof the cover fabric, and consequently, as will be seen hereinafter, t0the depth of the gore, I do not fix, as this will, in large measure,depend upon the value of the lining fabric used and the judgment of themanufacturer. It should be undcrstood,however, that I limit myselftosuch width of strips that the combined width of the two strips shall notequal the depth of the covergore measured from apex to outer edge. Oneedge of each strip is piukcd or otherwise prepared to prevent frayingand improve the appearance. The strips are then attached to the coverfabric, near the edges of the same, by'a line of sewing, or bypaste orother fastening applied at or near the pinkededges of the strips, whichedges, as shown in'Fig. 1, are turned toward each other. The outer edgesof the strips are left free, so that the strips form flaps.

By the aid of a suitable pattern the goreshaped pieces which unite toform I the cover are cut from the fabric A, as indicated by the dottedlines a b, a c, d c, d e, 850., each gore be ing a triangle, as a c b, ac (I, d e c, &c. The outer edges, b c, a d, c 0, 850., of the gores mayhe cut in curved shape, as shown, or left straight. It will be evidentthat in this way both lining and cover strips are cut simultaneously andin a manner involving very little waste. The outer edge of each gore isthen pinked, both lining and cover being pinked at the same time,whereby the serrations or indentations of the pinking in both are causedaccurately to correspond. The completed gore is shown in Fig. 2, D beingthe double-pinked outer edge.

It remains only to sew the gores together in the usual way to form thecover and. apply them to the frame. The lining-strips B then cometogether to form a nearly circular patch inside the 'parasol, and thestrips 0 meet to form the continuous-edge lining, all as shown in Fig.3.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the cover of a parasol, a lining-strip of fabricattached at the under side and near the outer edge ofsaid cover,substantially as described.

2. In combination with the cover of a parasol, a lining-strip of fabricattached at the un der side and at the center of said, cover,substantially. as described.

3. A parasol-lining consisting of two strips of fabric applied to theunder side of the cover, third, the uniting of these gores to form aparasubstantially as described. sol-cover, substantially as described.

4. The method of producing a parasol covering consisting in, first, theattaching of the LEVI GANS' 5 lining strip or strips to the cover fabricin the Witnesses:

piece; second, the cutting; out of the mate- P. BENJAMIN, lials thuscombined in the shape of gores; and, EUGENE BAUTA.

